I still need to redo the theme with dynamic image handling and shit. A couple posts ago I made the mistake of doing it on my computer, I figured I would just grab the accent picture off of Instagram. Oops. I appreciate they want to make it difficult for others to grab your pictures, so I logged in. No dice. I suppose I could do a little bit of work and grab it that way, or I could share it over to my desktop. However, all of the above is a work around for the weird quasi-ownership inherent to Instagram, and the rest of social media for that matter.
Is the picture mine. I took it, however it’s only published state is after adding one of a handful of stock filters, and maybe some rudimentary attempt at cropping. Does what Instagram provides with their app create a new derivative work that dependent on the current TOS, belong to them now? I’m not trying to be all tinfoil hat, I don’t think Instagram our anyone else for that matter wants my photos. But. The dreaded but. Nothing has ever been done with malicious intent or suspect ethics except in hindsight.
More importantly, I want more. I want borders. I want photos that match the theme, even after the theme changes. I want room service!
Peter's stuff.